Controversial businessman Jacob Juma is dead. Juma was shot dead by unknown people while driving past Lenana School Thursday night.
Nairobi CID boss Ireri Kamwende said the businessman was driving from his bar at around 9.30pm when he was shot by gunmen who escaped on a motorbike.
His car had about 10 bullet holes.
The 42-year-old who ventured into business after studying at the University of Nairobi has been vocal on political issues and severally bashed the government.
He will be remembered for claiming his mining license was revoked after he allegedly declined to pay a bribe demanded by Former Mining Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala .
Balala termed the allegations as malicious.
The businessman also refused to apologise to Supreme Court judge Njoki Ndung’u for claiming she received money alongside Justice Philip Tunoi. Ndung’u refuted the claims.
Jacob Juma had also alleged Jubilee used over Sh250 billion of Eurobond money to refund all campaign cash allegedly used in the 2013 general election.
RIP. Fighting corruption is suicidal. Is one Boniface Mwangi (OccupyPlayground) still around?Just like that the Kenyan has to look over his shoulder before he says something. You know the police won't save you; they are not on your side. They will conduct investigations while you rot.
When a person from the Opposition side says "My life is in danger" the Kenya Police invariably order him to "write a statement". The said order is worded in a style and manner that is punitive and intended to degrade. Online robots jump at the person as if on cue to pillory, attack and denigrate the individual as no mongrels would. It is usually so coordinated I sometimes wonder!
Rather than seriously looking in to the expressed fear, the police singularly focus of finding fault with the person. The Police Inspector General, Nkaissery - The Sponge - and Duale - The Busy Body - all have one refrain and chorus: The Police are investigating. Few are left with any doubt that it is a cover-up. The so called investigation is usually a preamble for charging the person with "giving false information...".
Juma can be "grateful" that his many alarms have turned out to be true and unlike Midiwo, he won't be appearing in any court to answer charges of providing false information to the Police. For in Kenya, a person claiming to be about to be killed must as a rule die first rather than report something hypothetical.
I can get information on how Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Venus Williams, and others made their money.
All I know about Juma is that he was a billionaire businessman with "connections".
Careful: I'm not supporting his killing or any killing whatsoever.
Juma was not a saint.
George Bernard Shaw — 'Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
Juma was shot seven times in the head and three times in the chest as he joined the Southern by-pass.
I have reviewed the posts under this and see nowhere anyone has claimed deity status for Jacob Juma.
I think you are being rather disingenuous with your apparent neutrality on the subject. Let me help you understand where some of us are coming from:
- Whether demi-god or human Juma had certain constitutional rights which have been grossly violated
- I have no idea how anybody made "his/her billions" in Kenya. Do you? If so help me know where Uhuru Kenyatta got the billions he used to rig elections in his favor; Educate me on how Ruto, Muthaura, General Ali etc made theirs. It could help if you attached some document, say a summary of their tax returns over the period of money making. I could personally just accept a simple Wealth Declaration Form which they all did at some point
- Juma reached out to the public as he feared for his life. We have a police force in the country and overpaid CIDs. How is it that he still got killed? Who gets body guards from the Police? Is it based on actual security risks or is it for prestige which is punitively withdrawn from those who annoy Uhuru Kenyatta?
- Juma is not the first person to die in a hail of bullets in Kenya or Nairobi for that matter. If the government of Uhuru Kenyatta is not behind these killings why is there no serious attempt to find out who is behind these apparently well trained killers who can spray bullets to a small area no bigger than the screen of your computer despite the vehicle moving at a very fast speed? Doesn't Uhuru worry that the same squad could hit him? Why the silence?
I am glad that we agree on some of the points.
- Agreed.
- Like Juma, Uhuru, Raila, Kalonzo, Ruto, etc all made their money in dubious ways. None of them has any traceable documents to support their wealth, as you rightly noted. In my personal opinion based on basic common sense, they are all thieves involved in grand corruption.
- I doubt we'll ever know the full story. Professional killings in Kenya tend to be quickly forgotten.
- Remember, correlation does not imply causation. Just because Uhuruto doesn't seem to give a sh*t about Juma's killing doesn't mean they did it. Probably could also mean they simply don't care.
Or maybe even CORD did it. They seem to have taken his untimely demise rather quietly.
Speculation is rife that Juma was killed due to one of his deals gone sour. Speculation which I tend to believe.
I'd met Juma a couple of times through an acquaintance. Arrogant SOB whom I disliked but in my opinion being a SOB doesn't necessitate killing him. Others definitely had a different opinion. Juma had antagonized too many people in a bandit country (for example he conned someone in a "deal" involving 5 acres hived from 27 acres of NHIF land at Karen Plains currently valued at about $3m). Pinpointing exactly why he was killed and by who is gonna be impossible.
I am glad that we agree on some of the points.
However you still make some claims that I find little or no cover for:
- CORD is not obligated to react with a specific amount of din or cacophony. You are falling in to the famous Kendi trap (of the Vehemence Barometer fame) of trying to measure what cannot be calibrated. If you come up with a standardized measure of the levels and degrees of grief, specifying which is optimum for a Slain Billionaire, I will lead the campaign to name it after you :D
- That said, I believe you have not been reading the news. CORD has been on this from the first hour. Raila, Wetangula, Kalonzo, Khalwale etc have made enough noise to burst any Empedocles Grief Barometer
- While I concur the methods employed by Juma, Uhuru to enrich themselves cannot stand koroboi light, leave alone ordinary sunlight, I would be happier if you treated all the thieves the same way and with equal contempt
- I agree that professional hits or unsolved assassinations are piling up. Is this a situation that should continue? Why are you not holding "President" Uhuru Kenyatta to account for this? How come EJK has risen on his watch? Who is next, Raila?
- I note that you have not withdrawn your earlier statement that "Juma was no saint" - a remark I found heartless, unsympathetic and just callous in the extreme!
- If we had to repeat versions of the speculation out there, there would be no room here.
Empedocles
While we are speculating (Emphasis borrowed from you) here is my contribution:
1. The Uhuru-Kenyatta-Death-Squads killed Jacob Juma on the instructions of Uhuru Kenyatta;
2. The well established and incontrovertible fact that Paul Kobia publicly confessed to murdering Fidel Odinga indicated that a hidden hand had procured the murder. My suspicions land on Uhuru Kenyatta or the mother
On your post:
Nowhere have I protected or made infallible any individual. I therefore find it surprising that you would accuse me of placing Raila above suspicion. It boils down to what I said in the beginning when I doubted your sincerity.
Empedocles,
There are many possible motives. The police narrative however seems to narrow them dramatically for me. They seem to have very specific information when they describe the killing. But very thin on the source of this information. I am almost certain it is going to get even more surprising in the coming days.
Man in Sh95m land case gunned down
1. Paul Ngugi Kariuki slowed down at a bump when the gunmen shot him at close range.
2. Police suspect the attackers were after the businessman as nothing was stolen from the two.
3. Records at the City Mortuary indicated that Mr Kariuki’s body had two bullets in his lower right abdomen, two on his neck, one in his chest and another in his right arm. He was also found with Sh23,010 and a KRA staff card and other personal belongings.
4. The shooting brings to 20 the number of people killed under mysterious circumstances in Nairobi alone in the recent past.
Mbo-i-Kamiti deaths revisited
The Godfather, a blockbuster movie about the Mafia settling scores, cannot be bloodier than the history of the Mbo-i-Kamiti land-buying company.
Since its inception, six directors have been killed in cold blood, not to mention other officials like accountants and lawyers. Now elders think the venture was cursed right from the beginning.
Founded in 1971, Mbo-i-Kamiti Farmers’ Company in Kiambu, was worth over Sh4 billion in the 1980s and 1990s before greed set in.
The company was set up to settle farmhands who had worked on white settler farms and widows of Mau Mau freedom fighters. Each member contributed Sh500.
But money, power, and greed hit the company. Directors looted the company’s assets, dashing the hopes of its more than 8,000 shareholders.
Then there followed the killing of directors in circumstances said to be linked to leadership rivalries, competition for control of assets, and efforts to cover up fraud.
The gangland-style murder of former company chairman, Stephen Waweru Njenga, last November was the latest in a list of former Mbo-i-Kamiti directors.
Cattle raiding in Kenya is often viewed in the legitimizing context of tradition, climate change and resource conflict, but increasingly it has much more to do with organized crime meeting a rising demand for meat, and political violence resulting from a new devolutionary constitution.
The human cost of raids is immense: hundreds are killed every year and many thousands forcibly displaced.
Two sources within the Anti-Stock Theft Unit, a division of the Kenya police charged with preventing cattle theft, told IRIN that an estimated 580 people were killed between January 2012 and January 2014 as a result of cattle raids.
Nairobi-based lawyer Geoffrey Oriaro was found dead Wednesday morning in a swimming pool at a Mombasa hotel.
The lawyer’s body was discovered by a pool attendant at the Beach Seafront Chalet Hotel at 4.30am.
A member of the lawyer's family, who did not want to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, said the body was at the Pandya Memorial Hospital mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination.
Mr Oriaro filed a petition that led to the ouster of Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) chairman Mumo Matemu and his deputy, Irene Keino.
He had argued that the two were incapable of leading the war on corruption.
I would also throw in George Muchai. Maybe Yebei. I agree not every assassination is political. For Jacob Juma the possibilities could range from infidelity to a state House ordered elimination.Empedocles,
There are many possible motives. The police narrative however seems to narrow them dramatically for me. They seem to have very specific information when they describe the killing. But very thin on the source of this information. I am almost certain it is going to get even more surprising in the coming days.
Very very true about many possible motives.
What I have learned is that in Kenya, not every single assination is political, as much as the political leaders try to spin it. For example:QuoteMan in Sh95m land case gunned down
1. Paul Ngugi Kariuki slowed down at a bump when the gunmen shot him at close range.
2. Police suspect the attackers were after the businessman as nothing was stolen from the two.
3. Records at the City Mortuary indicated that Mr Kariuki’s body had two bullets in his lower right abdomen, two on his neck, one in his chest and another in his right arm. He was also found with Sh23,010 and a KRA staff card and other personal belongings.
4. The shooting brings to 20 the number of people killed under mysterious circumstances in Nairobi alone in the recent past.
Source: http://www.nation.co.ke/counties/nairobi/Nairobi-businessman-shot-15-times-gunmen/-/1954174/2643102/-/cty54n/-/index.html (http://www.nation.co.ke/counties/nairobi/Nairobi-businessman-shot-15-times-gunmen/-/1954174/2643102/-/cty54n/-/index.html)
What I'm trying to say is simply not automatically assume that Juma's was a politically motivated assassination. There have been too many assassination in Kenya over mega-million deals gone sour. Very many. A Mbo-I-Kamiti director's life span is measured is weeks, from the day they first assume office.QuoteMbo-i-Kamiti deaths revisited
The Godfather, a blockbuster movie about the Mafia settling scores, cannot be bloodier than the history of the Mbo-i-Kamiti land-buying company.
Since its inception, six directors have been killed in cold blood, not to mention other officials like accountants and lawyers. Now elders think the venture was cursed right from the beginning.
Founded in 1971, Mbo-i-Kamiti Farmers’ Company in Kiambu, was worth over Sh4 billion in the 1980s and 1990s before greed set in.
The company was set up to settle farmhands who had worked on white settler farms and widows of Mau Mau freedom fighters. Each member contributed Sh500.
But money, power, and greed hit the company. Directors looted the company’s assets, dashing the hopes of its more than 8,000 shareholders.
Then there followed the killing of directors in circumstances said to be linked to leadership rivalries, competition for control of assets, and efforts to cover up fraud.
The gangland-style murder of former company chairman, Stephen Waweru Njenga, last November was the latest in a list of former Mbo-i-Kamiti directors.
Even outside Nairobi, assassinations are the order of the day, when business deals go sour:QuoteCattle raiding in Kenya is often viewed in the legitimizing context of tradition, climate change and resource conflict, but increasingly it has much more to do with organized crime meeting a rising demand for meat, and political violence resulting from a new devolutionary constitution.
The human cost of raids is immense: hundreds are killed every year and many thousands forcibly displaced.
Two sources within the Anti-Stock Theft Unit, a division of the Kenya police charged with preventing cattle theft, told IRIN that an estimated 580 people were killed between January 2012 and January 2014 as a result of cattle raids.
Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report/99846/cattle-rustling-and-politics-business-kenya (http://www.irinnews.org/report/99846/cattle-rustling-and-politics-business-kenya)
And one more:QuoteNairobi-based lawyer Geoffrey Oriaro was found dead Wednesday morning in a swimming pool at a Mombasa hotel.
The lawyer’s body was discovered by a pool attendant at the Beach Seafront Chalet Hotel at 4.30am.
A member of the lawyer's family, who did not want to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, said the body was at the Pandya Memorial Hospital mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination.
Mr Oriaro filed a petition that led to the ouster of Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) chairman Mumo Matemu and his deputy, Irene Keino.
He had argued that the two were incapable of leading the war on corruption.
Source: http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Geoffrey-Oriaro-dead-pool-Mombasa-hotel/-/1056/2838692/-/c157ycz/-/index.html (http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Geoffrey-Oriaro-dead-pool-Mombasa-hotel/-/1056/2838692/-/c157ycz/-/index.html)
I rest my case.
We know in Kenya such murders are never solved. A hit is a hit.
Police in Kayole are investigating an incident where a couple was brutally killed by unknown people.
Nairobi CID boss Ireri Kamwende said the criminals chopped off the breasts of the primary school teacher and mutilated her husband's genitals.
The couple was discovered dead at their rented house in Matopeni estate in Kayole this afternoon.
Kamwende said the body of Ruth Mbuthia, 55, was discovered in a pool of blood alongside her 60 year-old husband Stanley Muiruri.
Neighbor's reported to the police after they failed to see the couple for the better part of yesterday.
Police are yet to establish the motive of the heinous crime as nothing was stolen from their home.
If someone is hammering your window you drive off or at least honk and shoot back.
Mr Nyuguto appeared to make matters worse when he said that investigators would test the late businessman’s blood to establish whether he had been intoxicated with any substance that could have hindered his ability to drive.http://www.nation.co.ke/news/relatives-confront-police-for-failing-to-secure-Jumas-vehicle/-/1056/3194752/-/1h0xrxz/-/index.html
“You find [that in] most of the incidents of this nature, somebody could have been drunk so that maybe when they’re caught, they don’t drive quickly or whatever,” he told the gathering.
Eurobond absurd? You're joking. You obviously don't know the half of it.
To be fair, the man seems to have been the first or one of the first to raise a stink about the Eurobond affair. His problem is a strong affinity for hyperbole giving the impression that he knows more than what is in the public domain. I have noticed similar exaggerations and outright falsehoods coming from Sarah Elderkin.Eurobond absurd? You're joking. You obviously don't know the half of it.Well, why don't you tell me the half of it. As far as I can tell, what he know about Eurobond etc. just slightly exceeds what my dog knows---and that's only because my dog can't read or otherwise follow media stories. Where he definitely beat my dog is in Fantasy & Lurid Tales.
His death at the hands of criminals is reprehensible, as is any such death. But this idea that the guy, with his somewhat dodgy background, was some Great Anti-Corruption Fighter or somehow "adding value" to the well-being of the nation!
Eurobond in Kenya's case involved bribing the ICC to drop charges against Kenyatta.
MK, people can't handle truths, at least not all at once.
IMF backs Treasury on Eurobond cash details
Kenya accounted for the Sh280 billion ($2.8 billion) Eurobond cash in the same manner that other countries do, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Tuesday in a response to queries raised by the Opposition Cord Coalition.
IMF first deputy managing director David Lipton said that the cash was moved to the Central Bank’s accounts and then put at the disposal of the government to spend.
“The cash was held at the Central Bank of Kenya accounts and then the government was granted access. It was put at the disposal of the government to use. It is same method used by other countries that raise money in that manner,” said Mr Lipton.
The Sh280 billion has become a matter of considerable controversy with the Opposition arguing that the money was diverted and misused by some key figures in government.
The IMF has given the Eurobond a clean bill of health:QuoteIMF backs Treasury on Eurobond cash details
Kenya accounted for the Sh280 billion ($2.8 billion) Eurobond cash in the same manner that other countries do, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Tuesday in a response to queries raised by the Opposition Cord Coalition.
IMF first deputy managing director David Lipton said that the cash was moved to the Central Bank’s accounts and then put at the disposal of the government to spend.
“The cash was held at the Central Bank of Kenya accounts and then the government was granted access. It was put at the disposal of the government to use. It is same method used by other countries that raise money in that manner,” said Mr Lipton.
The Sh280 billion has become a matter of considerable controversy with the Opposition arguing that the money was diverted and misused by some key figures in government.
More: http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/IMF-backs-Treasury-on-Eurobond-cash-details/-/539552/3198352/-/o2on19z/-/index.html
Then why is Juma DEAD!!It's hard to say why Jacob Juma is dead. If he were less colorful, that might be an easy conclusion to make.
He had the details and as such he lost his life.The IMF has given the Eurobond a clean bill of health:QuoteIMF backs Treasury on Eurobond cash details
Kenya accounted for the Sh280 billion ($2.8 billion) Eurobond cash in the same manner that other countries do, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Tuesday in a response to queries raised by the Opposition Cord Coalition.
IMF first deputy managing director David Lipton said that the cash was moved to the Central Bank’s accounts and then put at the disposal of the government to spend.
“The cash was held at the Central Bank of Kenya accounts and then the government was granted access. It was put at the disposal of the government to use. It is same method used by other countries that raise money in that manner,” said Mr Lipton.
The Sh280 billion has become a matter of considerable controversy with the Opposition arguing that the money was diverted and misused by some key figures in government.
More: http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/IMF-backs-Treasury-on-Eurobond-cash-details/-/539552/3198352/-/o2on19z/-/index.html (http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/IMF-backs-Treasury-on-Eurobond-cash-details/-/539552/3198352/-/o2on19z/-/index.html)
The IMF has given the Eurobond a clean bill of health:
“The cash was held at the Central Bank of Kenya accounts and then the government was granted access. It was put at the disposal of the government to use. It is same method used by other countries that raise money in that manner,” said Mr Lipton.
That is true. From their side all systems are go. They see the money go into the blackbox and they are happy as clams. The rest are internal details which concern the furiously working auditor general, and one would think Kenyans in general.The IMF has given the Eurobond a clean bill of health:
I would not necessarily say that. (Note that this does not imply that I believe the money was necessarily stolen.) This statementQuote“The cash was held at the Central Bank of Kenya accounts and then the government was granted access. It was put at the disposal of the government to use. It is same method used by other countries that raise money in that manner,” said Mr Lipton.
is carefully worded and actually tells us very little. That is because all the offshore accounts in the story are in fact CBK accounts, and the money was always "at the disposal of ...".
The IMF has given the Eurobond a clean bill of health:
I would not necessarily say that. (Note that this does not imply that I believe the money was necessarily stolen.) This statementQuote“The cash was held at the Central Bank of Kenya accounts and then the government was granted access. It was put at the disposal of the government to use. It is same method used by other countries that raise money in that manner,” said Mr Lipton.
is carefully worded and actually tells us very little. That is because all the offshore accounts in the story are in fact CBK accounts, and the money was always "at the disposal of ...".
They've done much worse than that. Kenyans don't buy milk or shop for groceries aside from kiosks. Most stuff at Nakumatt are out of date and laced with harmful chemicals especially dairy produce. Those melamine milk tin scares from China ended up in Kenya. Want not, waste not. When I was in Kenya I used to get my cheese, icecream etc. from the Eldoret cheese factory. Melamine is a first world scare.
It's so outlandish you have to assume it is a jubilant masterpiece. The aim? To paint Jacob Juma as someone you cannot take seriously(at all), even as police keep coming up with ever more bizzare theories how he was murdered.The IMF has given the Eurobond a clean bill of health:
I would not necessarily say that. (Note that this does not imply that I believe the money was necessarily stolen.) This statementQuote“The cash was held at the Central Bank of Kenya accounts and then the government was granted access. It was put at the disposal of the government to use. It is same method used by other countries that raise money in that manner,” said Mr Lipton.
is carefully worded and actually tells us very little. That is because all the offshore accounts in the story are in fact CBK accounts, and the money was always "at the disposal of ...".
Agreed.
Here's another "interesting" theory on why Juma was targeted (has to due with melamine laced Brookside milk):
https://komboakenya.wordpress.com/2016/05/10/why-they-killed-jacob-juma/
It's so outlandish you have to assume it is a jubilant masterpiece. The aim? To paint Jacob Juma as someone you cannot take seriously(at all), even as police keep coming up with ever more bizzare theories how he was murdered.
JJ's latest "revelations" were nonsense. The stuff of hallucinations. But the man was also a real thorn in the flesh of William Ruto. To pick a random exampe, Weston.
Why do I think it's jubilant literature? Because no one has been arrested or indicted. It's illegal in Kenya; ole Kaparo, CID and Kenyan courts would have been on the author like white on rice.
That is the kind of literature that was consumed and washed down with banana beer in Rwanda pre-1994.
Seem pretty solid preliminary report by the cops. And seem the camera that Safaricom/Huwaei installed are working. Our cops certainly have improved their investigative capacity. Hopefully they can get the homicide/forsenic lab finally out there.Folks need to cease baseless theories and let the cops do their job. So far so good. They have Juma just few minutes before he dies. Should be pretty easy to weed out the cars that drove through Ngong/Southern By-pass by around 9..and perhaps the cars that were trailing or monitoring him around those areas. Safaricom also can easily provide call data for those communicating around the area...which I don't think is that populated.
Looking busy and being busy are two very different things (as Moonki alluded to).
I wouldn't be surprised if the cops finger some mkokoteni driver or even the unknown "husband" of the woman Juma was with as the culprit.
Interesting. So they are on the scene on the night of May 5, and do this and that. Then they don't get back to it until May 10? Anyways ... they made up for it with numbers: 27 officers.Yep. May 10th is when they are back looking for ballistics. The cartridge catcher story was raising many eyebrows, including suggesting their involvement. That was scratched.
And the pending cases are important because? Ah, OK; we need a list of suspects. But in the second case Yongo, what on earth is the meaning of "the court had moved and was due to visit the scene of the crime".
Cynicism won't take this country any where. That self-defeatist attitude prevent you from see anything praise worthy here. Here are cops who have traced Juma movement in places with precise times. And you don't even notice that.While I agree that cynicism for the sake of it is unhelpful, cynicism informed by hard facts of history is not entirely misplaced. Even when you exclude speculative theories, Kenya police have simply not earned the benefit of the doubt as professionals.
Security in this country has gotten better the last few yrs (synovate survey yesterday back this) due to such things like those cameras.
Kenya Police release a report with stuff like Advanced Detector Equipment that recover 2 spent catridge. Intelligent Video and Automated Number Plate Recognition. And all we hear is the endless and ceasless whining that is complete copy-paste of 1990!
Acknowledge these cops are getting somewhere close to world class....
Jubilee has done wonderfully here by getting Safcom and Huwaei to roll out world class surveillance in Nairobi and Mombasa. Hope they can roll this out to all major towns. The is also need to restart some of anglo-leasing ideas that were messed up....such as forensic lab at CID HQ...that I think has been allocated money finally. All these plus mobile calls monitoring, easy to install and cheap gadgdet such as tracking units, cctv everywhere, database linking all IDS, IDs with chips, number plates with chips....are what make countries like America safe...make investigation quicker and reliable.Looking busy and being busy are two very different things (as Moonki alluded to).
I wouldn't be surprised if the cops finger some mkokoteni driver or even the unknown "husband" of the woman Juma was with as the culprit.
Cynicism won't take this country any where. That self-defeatist attitude prevent you from see anything praise worthy here. Here are cops who have traced Juma movement in places with precise times. And you don't even notice that.While I agree that cynicism for the sake of it is unhelpful, cynicism informed by hard facts of history is not entirely misplaced. Even when you exclude speculative theories, Kenya police have simply not earned the benefit of the doubt as professionals.
Security in this country has gotten better the last few yrs (synovate survey yesterday back this) due to such things like those cameras.
Kenya Police release a report with stuff like Advanced Detector Equipment that recover 2 spent catridge. Intelligent Video and Automated Number Plate Recognition. And all we hear is the endless and ceasless whining that is complete copy-paste of 1990!
Acknowledge these cops are getting somewhere close to world class....
Jubilee has done wonderfully here by getting Safcom and Huwaei to roll out world class surveillance in Nairobi and Mombasa. Hope they can roll this out to all major towns. The is also need to restart some of anglo-leasing ideas that were messed up....such as forensic lab at CID HQ...that I think has been allocated money finally. All these plus mobile calls monitoring, easy to install and cheap gadgdet such as tracking units, cctv everywhere, database linking all IDS, IDs with chips, number plates with chips....are what make countries like America safe...make investigation quicker and reliable.Looking busy and being busy are two very different things (as Moonki alluded to).
I wouldn't be surprised if the cops finger some mkokoteni driver or even the unknown "husband" of the woman Juma was with as the culprit.
The police in the US similarly lost my benefit of the doubt when it came to shootings, especially those involving minorities. When that happens, the police simply have to work harder to earn it back.
Cynicism won't take this country any where. That self-defeatist attitude prevent you from see anything praise worthy here. Here are cops who have traced Juma movement in places with precise times. And you don't even notice that.
Security in this country has gotten better the last few yrs (synovate survey yesterday back this) due to such things like those cameras.
Kenya Police release a report with stuff like Advanced Detector Equipment that recover 2 spent catridge. Intelligent Video and Automated Number Plate Recognition. And all we hear is the endless and ceasless whining that is complete copy-paste of 1990!
Acknowledge these cops are getting somewhere close to world class....
Jubilee has done wonderfully here by getting Safcom and Huwaei to roll out world class surveillance in Nairobi and Mombasa. Hope they can roll this out to all major towns. The is also need to restart some of anglo-leasing ideas that were messed up....such as forensic lab at CID HQ...that I think has been allocated money finally. All these plus mobile calls monitoring, easy to install and cheap gadgdet such as tracking units, cctv everywhere, database linking all IDS, IDs with chips, number plates with chips....are what make countries like America safe...make investigation quicker and reliable
Well, idealism ain't working.
Have you read the preliminary report?
Have you seen the timings? Of just how fast Juma got from point A to B during Nairobi's notorius traffic jams? Not once, but several times during one evening?
How does one drive from Westlands to Kenyatta/Uhuru highway near the Ministry of Tourism in 4 minutes?
The report is so full of stupid and fatal flaws it's mind boggling.
While I agree that cynicism for the sake of it is unhelpful, cynicism informed by hard facts of history is not entirely misplaced. Even when you exclude speculative theories, Kenya police have simply not earned the benefit of the doubt as professionals.
The police in the US similarly lost my benefit of the doubt when it came to shootings, especially those involving minorities. When that happens, the police simply have to work harder to earn it back.
Sometimes at that hour there is not much traffic in Nairobi.I am thinking you've not been in Nairobi lately?
The police are really "investigating":Furious investigations indeed. They have talked to Karen Police. The owner of the towing vehicle. They have identified two more girlfriends. Part of a maid's salary.
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It can be very confusing sometimes. I think they said that they recovered an AK47 from a robber weapon and its ballistics match the casings found at the murder scene.The police are really "investigating":Furious investigations indeed. They have talked to Karen Police. The owner of the towing vehicle. They have identified two more girlfriends. Part of a maid's salary.
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Recent developments are suggesting the murder weapon may have been located. A gun, an AK47. Matching the two bullets found a week later at the crime scene. Found on a dead suspect.
While there are serious doubts whether that is the murder scene, it is something like that. There was a shootout, some thugs were killed, and the putative murder weapon of Jacob Juma found in their possession.It can be very confusing sometimes. I think they said that they recovered an AK47 from a robber weapon and its ballistics match the casings found at the murder scene.The police are really "investigating":Furious investigations indeed. They have talked to Karen Police. The owner of the towing vehicle. They have identified two more girlfriends. Part of a maid's salary.
Recent developments are suggesting the murder weapon may have been located. A gun, an AK47. Matching the two bullets found a week later at the crime scene. Found on a dead suspect.
While there are serious doubts whether that is the murder scene, it is something like that. There was a shootout, some thugs were killed, and the putative murder weapon of Jacob Juma found in their possession.
Sound suspicious but police have a good start to continue with the investigation...find out where these thugs were on the fateful day...thro their phone records, the car they were using, bla de bla.The suspicious bit, for me, was how fast it was tied to the bullets at the murder scene. Maybe there is just one AK47 doing rounds in Nairobi's crime circles. I am not opposed to what they are doing, but it seems like the focus is on the character assassination of JJ. The girlfriends they keep coming up with don't seem to otherwise add any value to the investigation.
In short lets us give them more time.
They are doing fine so far. They've take 28 statements and have done the ground work.
Ak47 has been found. Now it time to be the owner. Most of the time the thugs hire the guns from a gun runner. They don't own it.While there are serious doubts whether that is the murder scene, it is something like that. There was a shootout, some thugs were killed, and the putative murder weapon of Jacob Juma found in their possession.
The suspicious bit, for me, was how fast it was tied to the bullets at the murder scene. Maybe there is just one AK47 doing rounds in Nairobi's crime circles. I am not opposed to what they are doing, but it seems like the focus is on the character assassination of JJ. The girlfriends they keep coming up with don't seem to otherwise add any value to the investigation.
The girlfriends are the last people seen with him alive. How that cannot be important escapes me. As for Ak47 I don't know enough about ballistic but if the spent cartridge point to the gun, then it's the gun. I think as much as we should be cautious here we need to allow them to conclude investigation. Once investigation is complete then we can decide whether all the loose ends are tied or not.The last person seen alive with him is important. But the 2 new girlfriends mentioned in the last report, don't seem to add any more useful information than the "28 people" whose information they don't feel the need to share.The suspicious bit, for me, was how fast it was tied to the bullets at the murder scene. Maybe there is just one AK47 doing rounds in Nairobi's crime circles. I am not opposed to what they are doing, but it seems like the focus is on the character assassination of JJ. The girlfriends they keep coming up with don't seem to otherwise add any value to the investigation.
The last person seen alive with him is important. But the 2 new girlfriends mentioned in the last report, don't seem to add any more useful information than the "28 people" whose information they don't feel the need to share.
An explanation of the ballistics in relation to this case ought to be a good starting point. For instance, if JJ was shot through his chest in his car, why didn't bullet that went through him hit the seat? An artery in his arm was raptured by one of the bullets; why don't the seats in the car look like a slaughterhouse? Was the crime scene staged?
I am not getting the impression that these are things Muhoro wants to delve into. Maybe they are not that important to the investigation.
I think you're poking holes into a summary without the benefits of all the details. You don't know if the police are not thinking about all those ideas.They have not addressed those questions at all. The initial police reports had a motorcycle gun crew. They eventually moved away from that but it's not clear what replaced that.The last person seen alive with him is important. But the 2 new girlfriends mentioned in the last report, don't seem to add any more useful information than the "28 people" whose information they don't feel the need to share.
An explanation of the ballistics in relation to this case ought to be a good starting point. For instance, if JJ was shot through his chest in his car, why didn't bullet that went through him hit the seat? An artery in his arm was raptured by one of the bullets; why don't the seats in the car look like a slaughterhouse? Was the crime scene staged?
I am not getting the impression that these are things Muhoro wants to delve into. Maybe they are not that important to the investigation.
I watched this show earlier by Onsarigo. Like I mention earlier, the police probably should shelve their updates until all investigations are complete.
Muhoro looks weak, even suspicious, when asked about summoning Ruto or JJ's tweets. He could have just said yes or no, end of story. But he makes a mountain out of a molehill refusing to answer simple questiona. Needless to say, nobody expects him to expose his bosses, if it is a political assassination. But why refuse to answer simple questions that confirm the obvious trajectory of the investigation?
How are these investigative journalists able to get this information? Like the phone calls. It's disturbing on many levels. It was virtually impossible to get phone logs, let alone calls, of kamwana's phones at the ICC.
I watched this show earlier by Onsarigo. Like I mention earlier, the police probably should shelve their updates until all investigations are complete.
Muhoro looks weak, even suspicious, when asked about summoning Ruto or JJ's tweets. He could have just said yes or no, end of story. But he makes a mountain out of a molehill refusing to answer simple questiona. Needless to say, nobody expects him to expose his bosses, if it is a political assassination. But why refuse to answer simple questions that confirm the obvious trajectory of the investigation?
How are these investigative journalists able to get this information? Like the phone calls. It's disturbing on many levels. It was virtually impossible to get phone logs, let alone calls, of kamwana's phones at the ICC.
In a way, I sort of feel sorry fo Muhoro. He probably has a very good idea who dun it but he simply can't talk.
To continue enjoying the perks his office brings him, he has to act the village fool.
The more one read about JJ the more they discover a loud fraudstar who was living on borrowed times. The man used to claim to have Bcom degree in finance from UON and yet was failed kenya poly student....and all the litany of lies that media is documenting.
Ahh yes, but Juma had money. Tons of it.
And, whether one likes it or not, that's how Kenya currently runs.
And Muhoro knows it. Juma's unfortunately dead and can't do anything to Muhoro.
But whoever ordered Juma assassinated is still alive.
Muhoro knows on which side the bread is buttered.
It's amazing that one can recognize readily with minimal evidence that Juma is a fraud and in the same vein ask for Kenya police(an institution more synonymous with fraud than JJ could ever hope to be) to be given space to do their thing.The more one read about JJ the more they discover a loud fraudstar who was living on borrowed times. The man used to claim to have Bcom degree in finance from UON and yet was failed kenya poly student....and all the litany of lies that media is documenting.
Ahh yes, but Juma had money. Tons of it.
And, whether one likes it or not, that's how Kenya currently runs.
And Muhoro knows it. Juma's unfortunately dead and can't do anything to Muhoro.
But whoever ordered Juma assassinated is still alive.
Muhoro knows on which side the bread is buttered.
It's amazing that one can recognize readily with minimal evidence that Juma is a fraud and in the same vein ask for Kenya police(an institution more synonymous with fraud than JJ could ever hope to be) to be given space to do their thing.
The family can hire themselves a private investigator otherwise what the point of engaging in speculation. The man had enemies running into hundreds. He was a totally flawed character. A crook. Did William Ruto kill him...I highly doubt it...for what end? What would be the motive? Would GoK kill him? For what? Eurobond scandal :) :) A scandal that never was.I take it that because the victim is flawed, then the cops are free to engage in gossip and peddle half-truths and not be called out. To be fair, I don't think he was a saint. At the same time, regardless of who killed him, I'd be delusional to think Kenya police would out him if it were a jubilant leader.
Why would a gov kill a loud mouth that was running on empty? Eti he had stumbled upon Eurobond transactions. I guess all US institutions including the world bank and everyone in btw missed the scandal...and here comes a conman....who latch onto eurobond and is certainly an hero.It's amazing that one can recognize readily with minimal evidence that Juma is a fraud and in the same vein ask for Kenya police(an institution more synonymous with fraud than JJ could ever hope to be) to be given space to do their thing.
I take it that because the victim is flawed, then the cops are free to engage in gossip and peddle half-truths and not be called out. To be fair, I don't think he was a saint. At the same time, regardless of who killed him, I'd be delusional to think Kenya police would out him if it were a jubilant leader.
The four-man gang found with the AK47 said to have been used in the murder of Jacob Juma has been linked to 15 cases of carjack and kidnap in the past five months.
Police yesterday identified two gang members, who include 28-year-old police constable Simon Muturi and 39-year-old Francis Kinuthia from Gatundu South. The two are believed to be members of a four-man gang infamous for carjacking and kidnapping in Nairobi.
Police shot the four suspects last Sunday at the Nyayo Roundabout in Nairobi. They were shot dead hours after receiving Sh70,000 from their last carjack victim. Muturi, an officer interdicted on suspicion he was involved in crime, is said to be the leader of the gang accused of at least 20 cases of carjack, kidnap and demand for ransom. Muturi was interdicted in 2012. At the time he was serving at the Central Police station in Mombasa.
Considering these thugs never stole anything from Juma..I am not going to buy that Nyayo Stadium gang of 4 were involved here. This was an calculated assisination. By who? Is what we need to find out.
This sham investigation is deliberately hitting a dead end.
Investigation is ongoing and for me they have been impressive.
It's rapidly approaching closure. Three girlfriends later, it may turn out Simon Muturi done it.Considering these thugs never stole anything from Juma..I am not going to buy that Nyayo Stadium gang of 4 were involved here. This was an calculated assisination. By who? Is what we need to find out.
This sham investigation is deliberately hitting a dead end.
Muggeridge's Law: there is no way that a writer of fiction can compete with real life for its pure absurdity.
The police have done an impressive job documenting the last day of Juma life complete with time and folks he met & called that day, interviewed 28 people, have found the bullets and possibly the gun used. What more do you want the cops to have done at that stage? Become miracle workers and figure it all out in day one.
The next stage for the police is to find the motive and the killer.
Some smart alecs all think they all this figured out- know the killer (must be William Ruto or KweKwe) and well go ahead and start private criminal prosecution with the evidence you've gathered from your imaginative speculative minds.
You need to calm down. Even Ruto is not that worked up about any of this.
Some things bring to mind a "law" that is attributed to a former editor of Punch:QuoteMuggeridge's Law: there is no way that a writer of fiction can compete with real life for its pure absurdity.
Anyways ...
I now have some ideas for a video game that should encourage children to study sciences, join the police force to serve the public, etc. I'll call the game "Nairobi CSI".